Method of and means for producing partitioned glass containers



METHOD OF AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING PARTITIONED GLASS CONTAINERS Filed May 1, 1935 Patented Dec. 29, 1936 I C UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- LIETHOD OF AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING .PARTITIONED GLASS CONTAINERS Norman R. Beck, Baltimore, Md., assignor to Carr-Lowrey Glass 00., Baltimore, Md.

Application May 1, 1935, Serial No. 19,295

3 Claims. (01. 49--9) This invention relates to a method of and vmold while subjected to pressure of the shaping means for producing partitioned glass containers plunger.

and is designed more particularly as an improve- Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2, Figure 1. ment upon the method disclosed in Patent Figure 3 is a section showing the parison partly 5 2,023,474 issued to Carl G. Hilgenberg and blown in a finishing mold equipped with a blow 5 Charles B. Garwood on December 10, 1935. head such as constitutes the present invention In the method disclosed in the application reand showing one stage in the process of shaping ferred to separaterecesses are initially produced the partition initially formed by the plunger.

in a parison and are subsequently enlarged by Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing air pressure to form compartments the shapes the finished article in section within its mold. 10 and relative sizes of which are predetermined by Figure 5 is a section through a modified form the relative volumes of the recesses initially proof blow head. vided. In this method the air admitted into the In carrying out the method constituting the two pockets comes from a single port or outlet present invention the metal gather or blank P in a blow head and while generally stated the is deposited in a parison mold l with a portion. 15 objects produced by the method have been satsurrounded by a neck ring 2. A neck pin or isfactory, there have been some cases of failure plunger 3 is used to shape the confined parison due to the fact that the stream of air under so as to produce a parison with a desired neck pressure has sometimes tended to distort the finis N a d With Spaced recesses A and In partition and change the predetermined capac- Figure 1 the recesses A and B have been shown of 0 ities of the respective compartments. different volumes, recess B being of less depth It is an object of the present invention to imand area than recess A. While the recesses in prove upon the method referred to by providing the figures are of certain predetermined volumes means whereby air streams in controllable volit is to be understood that their relative sizes can umes can be directed into the respective recesses be changed to meet the requirements. In any 25 so that the pressures by air within these recesses case the plu s o med Wit a S ot 4 extendwill vary in proportion to the predetermined sizes ing across the active end thereof so that when I of the compartments, thereby avoiding the disthe parison is shaped by the pin or plunger 3, tortion of the partitions which has at times 00- partition E Will be extended from One Side to curred heretofore with the result that imperfect the other of the parison and serve to separate 30 products have been produced. the recesses A and B.

It is a further object of the invention to use Following the shaping of the parison it is in connection with the blow mold in which the conveyed by the neck ring to afinish or blow mold parison is placed, a blow head having separate 5 where it is subjected to the action of air under ports and provided with valve means by which pressure supplied through blow head 6. This 35 the relative sizes of the air streams issuing from blow head is provided with a recess 7 adapted to the ports into the parison can be varied at will r v the neck finish N and extending p r y to insure a perfect product, through the blow head is an air passage 8 hav- With the foregoing and other objects in view mg oppositely extending branches 9 and at 40 which will appear as the description proceeds, P A port U Opens from the branch 9 40 the invention resides in certain novel steps f into recess 1 at one side of the center thereof while the method and in certain new and novel details another port opens from the branch m into recess 1 at the other side of the center thereof. 9 constructmn and compma'tlons of .parts These ports are so positioned that when the blow inafter more fullyjdescribed and claimed, it bed t 0d t h n ma be made with head has been properly placed relative to the mg W1 a c 5 f i deposited parison, port H will be located to direct out idepartmg from the 3pm 0 e mven Ion as a jet of air into the recess'A while port l2 will clalmed- I be located to direct a jet of air into recess B, the In the accompanying drawing the several steps top edge of the partition E being arranged involved in the method of producing glass contween the paths f these jets 50 tainers have been illustrated and special forms In the constructions shown in Figures 3 and 4 of blow h s u ed in Carrying Out h method a screw valve I3 is provided for each of the ports have also been illustrated. II and I2. Obviously therefore these valves can In said drawing be adjusted to control the flow of air to the Figure l is a section through a parison and its respective ports. 55

After the parison has been placed in the mold 5 as heretofore stated and the blow head has been brought into position, jets of air will issue from the respective ports II and I2, the volumes of air issuing through these ports being proportioned in substantially the same relation to each other as are the volumes or capacities of the respective recesses A and B. Consequently during the blow ing operation the partition E will be drawn downwardly and laterally in Figure 3 until theexcess metal of the parison has been spread over the inner surface of the finishing mold and the article brought to its final shape as shown in Figure 4.

The operation described insures perfect formation of every article because'of the correct distribution of air due to the employment of the separate ports and the control valves. By varying the relative volumes of the recesses A and B the ultimate proportions'and shape of the partition E can be varied correspondingly. For example, by making the recess B smaller than illustrated the resultant partition would be curved downwardly and laterally more abruptly than has been shown with the result that the smaller or supplemental compartment G produced from recess B will be further reduced in size relative to the larger or main compartment H over which the partition over-lies. In any case, however, both compartments open into the neck opening I of the finished container so that an object, such as a pen, can be introduced into either compartment. In every case, however, the valves I3 are adjusted to coincide with the changes in the relative areas of the compartments to be produced and, therefore, production can be carried on without danger of occasional undesirable distortion of the partition E.

Instead of providing separate valves for the two ports as described, the modified structure shown in Figure 5 may be employed. In that structure the blow head I4 has separate ports I5 and I6 communicating with the air passage IT as in the form heretofore described, but only a single valve is used. This valve, which has been shown at I8, controls the flow of air to the port 16. Therefore while the flow of air through port [5 remains constant, the flow of air through port Hi can be increased or reduced so as to maintain a proper relationship between the volumes of air discharged from the respective ports.

What is claimed is:

'1. The method of producing a partitioned glass container which includes the steps of forming recesses of difierent areas in a parison and subsequently directing into the respective recesses jets of air of different volumes respectively to enlarge the recesses into different shapes respectively predetermined by the wall areas of the respective recesses and the relative volumes of the air streams directed into the recesses.

2. In apparatus for producing partitioned glass containers, a mold for receiving a parison having spaced recesses, a blow head having separate ports for discharging air into the respective recesses, and valve means for controlling the volume of the air streams relative to each other when delivered through the ports into'the recesses.

3. In apparatus for producing partitioned glass containers, a mold for receiving a parison having spaced recesses, a blow head having separate ports for discharging air into the respective recesses, an air passage leading to the ports, and separate valves in the blow head for controlling the flow of air through the respective ports.

NORMAN R. BECK. 

